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Figure 2-5. Network Configuration for the WLAN Access Manager
Step 2.
Type the hostname as a fully qualified domain name.
Note:
SMC recommends creating a hostname. Use a hostname to prevent your users from
getting SSL warning about an unknown SSL certificate when they first see the Logon
screen. If you enter a hostname, the DNS at your site must resolve the hostname to the
IP address you select.
Step 3.
Type the DCHP Server IP address.
Leave this field blank if DHCP server requests are handled on this WLAN
Access Manager's or WLAN Secure Server's subnet.
Note:
There are two ways for a WLAN Access Manager to pass DHCP requests from a client
to a DHCP server located somewhere on the network. This applies only to clients that
are not using Network Address Translation (NAT), since a network-address translated
client will have its DHCP request satisfied by the WLAN Access Manager itself.
• The first way to handle DHCP requests is by bridging. This means that the WLAN
Access Manager or WLAN Secure Server simply copies the DHCP request from the
client to the WLAN Access Manager's or WLAN Secure Server's subnet. Assuming
there is a DHCP server on the subnet or a DHCP-forwarding router, the DHCP server
replies with the IP address and other information the DHCP server provides, and the
WLAN Access Manager or WLAN Secure Server sends the reply on to the client. As
far as the client is concerned, it is connected directly to the DHCP server.
• If there is no DHCP server on the WLAN Access Manager's or WLAN Secure Server's
subnet nor any DHCP-forwarding router, then the WLAN Access Manager or WLAN
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